No Rest For The Wicked

That's what Mam'o always says. No rest for the wicked. And don't let this picture fool you. We didn't let Mam'o and Pap'o rest for one minute ;) Man, we had fun!!! A puppet show, a stroll downtown, swimming, canoeing, fishing, Science Center, Great Plains Zoo, buffet lunch at Valentino's, Mr. Twister show, Chuck E Cheese (twice in one day!), deer and fawn spotting, Fairyland Detective Agency (outdoor children's theater), a 33rd Birthday Party, Kidtopia toy store, the list goes on and on! And of course, there were the more mundane yet equally sweet moments - eating together, playing in the "backyard", reading together, napping together, cleaning up nighttime "leaks", watching Thomas and Sid the Science Kid together, performing our own plays at home, getting up together (at 5 am some days - thanks Michael), rocking and singing Michael to sleep, playing in "Papo's car."

The only down part of the week was when the adult-sized chest of drawers fell on top of my David boy. Yep. He was in his bedroom for privacy while he pooped. (Although, he has been potty-trained for over a year, he still insists on pooping in his diapers. He says he'll poop in the potty when he's 4. I'll believe it when I see it ;) All of a sudden we heard a loud crashing boom. It took me a few seconds to remember that David was in his room by himself, but when I did, I went racing to the door and turned the knob. Locked! David had locked the door. I was freaking out, saying, "David try to come open the door. David let us in." I could hear him crying and realized that he couldn't or wasn't going to open the door. By this time, my Mom was outside seiing if she could get in the window, my dad was in the crane technique pose about to kick down the door when I said, "Wait, let me get my credit card." I picked the lock, opened the door and saw one of the scariest sights my eyes have ever seen. Poor little David Joe's body completely under this huge dresser of drawers. His face was terrified and he was crying. With adrenaline on his side, my dad lifted the dresser off of David and we tried to calm him down. It took a while, but he eventually started talking. He said that he felt like the dresser almost broke his ear. He didn't have any pain, and seemed to be mainly just shaken up. I called his doctor about 10 minutes after it happenned and they recommended that we stay away from the ER and just come to them in about an hour, which is what we did. In that time, David slowly became more and more like his old happy self. Doc said he looked fine. His ear and side of his face/head had a few minor scrapes, but otherwise, he was looking good. We all were really scared by the incident, and so grateful that he is OK.

Saying goodbye to Mam'o and Pap'o today was tough, but we know we will see them again in late July. When Michael woke up from his nap, first thing he said was, "Where's Papo?" When I said, "He's driving to NY," Michael cried, "Stop it, Papo, Stop it Papo. Hold Papo." Sweet little Michael. Later in the afternoon, David said, "You know what we should do sometime? Give Mamo a group hug." Sweet little David.

Last but not least, we got to have some kidless fun thanks to Mamo and Papo too. Tried out a nice Sioux Falls restaurant, saw TS3 at the drive-in, and caught Karate Kid too! And although it wasn't exactly fun, I also took advantage of the babysitting to go and get my SD Driver's license. I'm official. Watch out SD. There goes the neighborhood...

And oh yeah, I turned 33 on Monday. Best thing about birthdays for me has always been the excuse to eat a whole mess of chocolate cake ;) David and Brian did a beautiful job decorating. Michael sang me Happy Birthday several times throughout the day. Got some great gifts too: Nelson Mandela autobiography, gift certs and Groupons for dessert (yay!), Springsteen DVD, 333 must-have songs for my Ipod (compliments of Uncle Pete),and a whoopee cushion. And the best gift of all? Ya you know it's gonna be something cheesy: getting wished a happy day (via facebook, email, phone, text message) by dozens of friends and family and being with my 3 beautiful boys and my folks on my special day. Love you all!